Improvement in tags



' E. r. KRELWITZ.

TAGS.

No.188,920 Patented March 27,1877.

\LPEYERS. PHOTO UTHOGRAPHER WASHiNGTON u c UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDMUND F. KRELWITZ, OF ISHPEMING, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE THIRD OF HISRIGHT TO EUGENE Gr. ST. CLAIR, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN TAGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 185,920, dated March27, 1877; application filed February 23, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMUND F, KRELWITZ, of Ishpeming, in the county ofMarquette and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Tags; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification, andin which- Figure l is a perspective view of my improved tag inclosed andwithdrawn; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section thereof.

Corresponding parts in the two figures are denoted by like letters.

This invention relates to a certain improvementin tags; and it consistsof a case or shield provided with means to prevent its withdrawal fromthe goods, and for the attachment therein of the tag or label,substantially as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the annexed drawing,Arefers to the tag, which is made of card-board,metal, or other suitable material, and connected by a coiled spring,rubber, or other elastic substance, at, to, and inclosed within, thecase or shield B.

- By means of the elastic connection a the tag is automaticallyretracted or returned to when withdrawn from the case. The object ofconcealing the tag is to prevent the blurring of the pencil orink-memoranda kept thereon in indicating the amount of material or clothsold. The tag may be withdrawn from its case or shield by means of atape or other medium attached thereto. The case or shield B ispreferably constructed in two parts, b b, the part b being bent overalong its edges and closed end, so as to form grooves or guides toreceive and permit ofthe withdrawal of the part b, to facilitate thefastening therein of the elastic connection a. Barbs c 0 may be madewith, or otherwise connected to, the case B, some pointing outwardly andtoward its open end to prevent its falling out, or accidental withdrawalfrom the bolt of cloth or other material, to which it may be attached,and one or more projecting inwardly and toward its closed end, toprovide a means of attachment for the elastic connection a of the tag.The closed end of the case or' shield B is pointed or made tapering tofacilitate its insertion into the bolt of cloth, 86C. Upon the face ofthe tag are ruled a number of perpendicular lines, say, suflicient toform twelve columns, (J O, and across these lines is drawn a line, D,above which are placed the fractions-g); 5, and the nine digits, 1 2 3,&c. Inscribed upon the face of the tag A are the words andabbreviations, Cost, *Price, No., Yds. By this arrangement a register isprovided for keeping an account of the amount of the material or clothsold, as will be seen from the following: Set the figures indicating theamount sold or cut off in the columns below the line D, like figuresbeing placed in the same column, and when the amount cut off exceeds thehighest figure at the head of the column, the figures indicating saidamount are divided into factors and placed in their proper columns, asindicated by the said head figures. Add up the amounts of the severalcolumns below the head-line D, and the sum of said additions will giveyou the amount of cloth or other material sold. Subtract this sum fromthe number of yards in the whole piece, and the remainder will be thenumber of yards unsold.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

The case or shield B b b, having the barbs or projections c c, incombination with the elastic connection a andtag or label A,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I hereunto affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

EDMUND F. KRELWITZ.

Witnesses:

E. G. ST. CLAIR, RoRY MOSWEYN.

